Athletics consists of track and field, road running and race walking and will be held from August 3, 2012 to August 12, 2012 at the Olympic Stadium.

Men's Events

• 100 metres (held on August 5, 2012)
  • GOLD: Usain Bolt (JAM) - 9.63 - OR
  • SILVER: Yohan Blake (JAM) - 9.75
  • BRONZE: Justin Gatlin (USA) - 9.79
• 200 metres (held on August 9, 2012)
  • GOLD: Usain Bolt (JAM) - 19.32
  • SILVER: Yohan Blake (JAM) - 19.44
  • BRONZE: Warren Weir (JAM) - 19.84
• 400 metres (held on August 6, 2012)
  • GOLD: Kirani James (GRN) - 43.94
  • SILVER: Luguelin Santos (DOM) - 44.46
  • BRONZE: Lalonde Gordon (TRI) - 44.52
• 800 metres (held on August 9, 2012)
  • GOLD: David Rudisha (KEN) - 1:40.91 - WR
  • SILVER: Nijel Amos (BOT) - 1:41.73
  • BRONZE: Timothy Kitum (KEN) - 1:42.53
• 1500 metres (held on August 7, 2012)
  • GOLD: Taoufik Makhloufi (ALG) - 3:34.08
  • SILVER: Leo Manzano (USA) - 3:34.79
  • BRONZE: Abdalaati Iguider (MAR) - 3:35.13
• 5000 metres (held on August 11, 2012)
  • GOLD: Mo Farah (GBR) - 13:41.66
  • SILVER: Dejen Gebremeskel (ETH) - 13:41.98
  • BRONZE: Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa (KEN) - 13:42.36
• 10,000 metres (held on August 4, 2012)
  • GOLD: Mo Farrah (GBR) - 27:30.42
  • SILVER: Galen Rupp (USA) - 27:30.90
  • BRONZE: Tariku Bekele (ETH) - 27:31.43
• 110 metres hurdles (held on August 8, 2012)
  • GOLD: Aries Merritt (USA) - 12.92
  • SILVER: Jason Richardson (USA) - 13.04
  • BRONZE: Hansle Parchment (JAM) - 13.12
• 400 metres hurdles (held on August 6, 2012)
  • GOLD: Felix Sanchez (DOM) - 47.63
  • SILVER: Michael Tinsley (USA) - 47.91
  • BRONZE: Javier Culson (Puerto Rico) - 48.10
• 3000 metres steeplechase (held on August 5, 2012)
  • GOLD: Ezekiel Kemboi (KEN) - 8:18.56
  • SILVER: Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA) - 8:19.08
  • BRONZE: Abel Kiprop Mutai (KEN) - 8:19.73
• 4 x 100 metres relay (held on August 11, 2012)
  • GOLD: Jamaica - Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt - 36.84 WR
  • SILVER: United States of America - Trell Kimmons, Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay, Ryan Bailey - 37.04
  • BRONZE: Trinidad and Tobago - Keston Bledman, Marc Burns, Emmanuel Callender, RIchard Thompson - 38.12
• 4 x 400 metres relay (held on August 10, 2012)
  • GOLD: Bahamas - Chris Brown, Demetrius Pinder, Michael Mathieu, Ramon Miller - 2:56.72
  • SILVER: United States of America - Bryshon Nellum, Joshua Mance, Tony McQuary, Angelo Taylor - 2:57.05
  • BRONZE: Trinidad and Tobago - Lalonde Gordon, Jarrin Soloman, Ade Alleyne-Forte, Deon Lendore - 2:59.40
• Marathon (held on August 12, 2012)
  • GOLD: Stephen Kiprotich (UGA) - 2:08:01
  • SILVER: Abel Kirui (KEN) - 2:08:27
  • BRONZE: Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich (KEN) - 2:09:37
• 20 kilometres walk (held on August 4, 2012)
  • GOLD: Chen Ding (CHN) - 1:18.46
  • SILVER: Erick Barrondo (GUA) - 1:18.57
  • BRONZE: Wang Zhen (CHN) - 1:19.25
• 50 kilometres walk (held on August 11, 2012)
  • GOLD: Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS) - 3:35:59 - OR
  • SILVER: Jared Tallent (AUS) - 3:36:53
  • BRONZE: Si Tianfeng (CHN) - 3:37:16
• High Jump (held on August 7, 2012)
  • GOLD: Ivan Ukhov (RUS) - 2.83 m
  • SILVER: Erik Kynard (USA) - 2.33 m
  • BRONZE: Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT) - 2.29 m
  • BRONZE: Derek Drouin (CAN) - 2.29 m
  • BRONZE: Robert Grabarz (GBR) - 2.29 m
• Pole Vault (held on August 10, 2012)
  • GOLD: Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) - 5.97
  • SILVER: Bjorn Otto (GER) - 5.91
  • BRONZE: Raphael Holzdeppe (GER) - 5.91
• Long Jump (held on August 4, 2012)
  • GOLD: Greg Rutherford (GBR) - 8.31 m
  • SILVER: Mitchell Watt (AUS) - 8.16 m
  • BRONZE: Will Claye (USA) - 8.12 m
• Triple Jump (held on August 9, 2012)
  • GOLD: Christian Taylor (USA) - 17.81
  • SILVER: Will Claye (USA) - 17.62
  • BRONZE: Fabrizio Donato (ITA) - 17.48
• Shot Put (held on August 3, 2012)
  • GOLD: Tomasz Majewski (POL) - 21.89
  • SILVER: David Storl (GER) - 21.86
  • BRONZE: Reese Hoffa (USA) - 21.23
• Discus Throw (held on August 7, 2012)
  • GOLD: Robert Harting (GER) - 68.27 m
  • SILVER: Ehsan Hadadi (IRI) - 68.18 m
  • BRONZE: Gerd Kanter (EST) - 68.03 m
• Hammer Throw (held on August 5, 2012)
  • GOLD: Krisztian Pars (HUN - 80.59
  • SILVER: Primoz Kozmus (SLO) - 79.36
  • BRONZE: Koji Murofushi (JPN) - 78.71
• Javelin Throw (held on August 11, 2012)
  • GOLD: Keshorn Walcott (TRI) - 84.58
  • SILVER: Oleksandr Pyatnytsya (UKR) - 84.51
  • BRONZE: Antti Ruuskanen (FIN) - 84.12
• Decathlon (held on August 8 and 9, 2012)
  • GOLD: Ashton Eaton (USA) - 8869
  • SILVER: Trey Hardee (USA) - 8671
  • BRONZE: Leonel Suarez (CUB) - 8523

Women's Events

• 100 metres (held on August 4, 2012)
  • GOLD: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) - 10.75
  • SILVER: Carmelita Jeter (USA) - 10.78
  • BRONZE: Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM) - 10.81
• 200 metres (held on August 8, 2012)
  • GOLD: Allyson Felix (USA) - 21.88
  • SILVER: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) - 22.09
  • BRONZE: Carmelita Jeter (USA) - 22.14
• 400 metres (held on August 5, 2012)
  • GOLD: Sanya Richards-Ross (USA) - 49.55
  • SILVER: Christine Ohuruogu (GBR) - 49.70
  • BRONZE: Dee Dee Trotter (USA) - 49.72
• 800 metres (held on August 11, 2012)
  • GOLD: Mariya Savinova (RUS) - 1:56.19
  • SILVER: Caster Semenya (RSA) - 1:57.23
  • BRONZE: Ekaterina Poistogova (RUS) - 1:57.53
• 1500 metres (held on August 10, 2012)
  • GOLD: Asli Cakir Alptekin (TUR) - 4:10.23
  • SILVER: Gamze Bulut (TUR) - 4:10.40
  • BRONZE: Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BRN) - 4:10.74
• 5000 metres (held on August 10, 2012)
  • GOLD: Meseret Defar (ETH) - 15:04.25
  • SILVER: Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) - 15:04.73
  • BRONZE: Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) - 15:05.15
• 10,000 metres (held on August 3, 2012)
  • GOLD: Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) - 30:20.75
  • SILVER: Sally Kipyego (KEN) - 30:26.37
  • BRONZE: Vivian Cheruihyot (KEN) - 30:30.44
• 100 metres hurdles (held on August 7, 2012)
  • GOLD: Sally Pearson (AUS) - 12.35
  • SILVER: Dawn Harper (USA) - 12.37
  • BRONZE: Kellie Wells (USA) - 12.48
• 400 metres hurdles (held on August 8, 2012)
  • GOLD: Natalya Antyukh (RUS) - 52.70
  • SILVER: Lashinda Demus (USA) - 52.77
  • BRONZE: Zuzana Hejnova (CZE) - 53.38
• 3000 metres steeplechase (held on August 6, 2012)
  • GOLD: Yuliya Zaripova (RUS) - 9:06.72
  • SILVER: Habiba Ghribi (TUN) - 9:08.37
  • BRONZE: Sofia Assefa (ETH) - 9:09.84
• 4 x 100 metres relay (held on August 10, 2012)
  • GOLD: United States of America - Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter, Jeneba Tarmoh (Q), Lauryn Williams (Q) - 40.82 WR
  • SILVER: Jamaica - Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Sherone Simpson, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Kerron Stewart, Samantha Henry-Robinson (Q), Schillonie Calvert (Q)
  • BRONZE: Ukraine - Olesya Povh, Hrystyna Stuy, Mariya Ryemyen, Elyzaveta Bryzgina - 42.04
• 4 x 400 metres relay (held on August 11, 2012)
  • GOLD: United States of America - DeeDee Trotter, Allyson Felix, Francena McCorory, Sanya Richards-Ross, Keisha Baker (Q), Diamond Dixon (Q) - 3:16.87
  • SILVER: Russia - Yulia Gushchina, Antonina Krivoshapka, Tatyana Firova, Natalya Antyukh, Natalya Nazarova (Q), Anastasiya Kapachinskaya (Q) - 3:20.23
  • BRONZE: Jamaica - Christine Day, Rosemarie Whyte, Shericka Williams, Novlene Williams-Mills, Shereefa Lloyd (Q) - 3:20.95
• Marathon (held on August 5, 2012)
  • GOLD: Tiki Gelana (ETH) - 2:23.07 - OR
  • SILVER: Priscah Jeptoo (KEN) - 2:23.12
  • BRONZE: Tatyana Petrova Arkhipova (RUS) - 2:23.29
• 20 kilometres walk (held on August 11, 2012)
  • GOLD: Elena Lashmanova (RUS) - 1:25.02 WR
  • SILVER: Olga Kanoskina (RUS) - 1:25.09
  • BRONZE: Qieyang Shenjie (CHN) - 1:25.16
• High Jump (held on August 11, 2012)
  • GOLD: Anna Chicherova (RUS) - 2.05
  • SILVER: Brigetta Barrett (USA) - 2.03
  • BRONZE: Svetlana Shkolina (RUS) - 2.03
• Pole Vault (held on August 6, 2012)
  • GOLD: Jen Suhr (USA) - 4.75
  • SILVER: Yarisley Silva (CUB) - 4.75
  • BRONZE: Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) - 4.70
• Long Jump (held on August 8, 2012)
  • GOLD: Brittany Reese (USA) - 7.12
  • SILVER: Elena Sokolova (RUS) - 7.07
  • BRONZE: Janay DeLoach (USA) - 6.89
• Triple Jump (held on August 5, 2012)
  • GOLD: Olga Rypakova (KAZ) - 14.98
  • SILVER: Caterine Ibarguen (COL) - 14.80
  • BRONZE: Olha Saladuha (UKR) - 14.79
• Shot Put (held on August 6, 2012)
  • GOLD: Valerie Adams (NZL) - 20.70
  • SILVER: Yevgeniia Kolodko (RUS) - 20.48
  • BRONZE: Gong Lijiao (CHN) - 20.22
    • Nadzeya Astapchuk of Belarus was stripped of her gold medal on August 13, 2012 after testing positive for a banned substance.
• Discus Throw (held on August 4, 2012)
  • GOLD: Sandra Perkovic (CRO) - 69.11
  • SILVER: Darya Pishchalnikova (RUS) - 67.56
  • BRONZE: Li Yanfeng CHN) - 67.22
• Hammer Throw (held on August 10, 2012)
  • GOLD: Tatyana Lysenko (RUS) - 78.18
  • SILVER: Anita Wlodarczyk (POL) - 77.60
  • BRONZE: Betty Heidler (GER) - 77.12
• Javelin Throw (held on August 9, 2012)
  • GOLD: Barbora Spotakova (CZE) - 69.55
  • SILVER: Christina Obergfoll (GER) - 65.16
  • BRONZE: Linda Stahl (GER) - 64.91
• Heptathlon (held on August 4, 2012)
  • GOLD: Jessica Ennis (GBR) - 6955
  • SILVER: Tatyana Chernova (RUS) - 6628
  • BRONZE: Lyudmyla Yospenko (UKR) - 6618